| 2011–12 season | |||
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| Chairman | Alejandro Irarragorri | ||
| Manager | (Feb., 2011–Sep., 2011) (from Sep., 2011)  | ||
| Stadium | Estadio Corona | ||
| Apertura 2011 | 4th Runners-up  | ||
| Clausura 2012 | 1st Winners  | ||
| Champions League | Runners-up | ||
| Top goalscorer | League:  Apertura: Oribe Peralta (13) Clausura: Oribe Peralta (15) All: Oribe Peralta (35)  | ||
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The 2011–12 Santos Laguna season was the 65th professional season of Mexico's top-flight football league. The season is split into two tournaments—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each with identical formats and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Santos Laguna began their season on July 23, 2011 against Pachuca, Santos Laguna play their homes games on Saturdays at 7:00pm local time.
Torneo Apertura
Squad
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Regular season
Apertura 2011 results
| July 23, 2011 Round 1 | Pachuca | 1 – 4 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Hidalgo, Pachuca | 
| 17:00 | Chávez  López Muñoz Mustafá López Escalante Cota  | 
Report | Peralta  Rodríguez Estrada Salinas  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores | 
| July 30, 2011 Round 2 | Santos Laguna | 3 – 0 | Atlante | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Suárez  Quintero Rodríguez Ochoa  | 
Report | Diego  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala | 
| September 2, 2011[nb 1] Round 3 | Chiapas | 3 – 2 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez | 
| 20:00 | Rodríguez  Arizala Rey Razo Zamorano  | 
Report | Cárdenas  Enríquez  | 
Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| August 6, 2011 Round 4 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 3 | Tijuana | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Rodríguez  Sánchez Baloy Qunitero  | 
Report | Arce  Sand Moreno  | 
Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| August 14, 2011 Round 5 | UNAM | 1 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Mexico City | 
| 12:00 | M. Palacios  Verón Herrera  | 
Report | Cárdenas  Peralta Salinas Quintero Hoyos  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Chacón | 
| November 1, 2011[nb 2][1] Round 6 | Santos Laguna | 0 – 2[nb 3] | Morelia | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:30[nb 4] | Report | Corona  Márquez  | 
Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
| August 27, 2011 Round 7 | Monterrey | 2 – 0 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 19:00 | L. Pérez  Bastana Suazo  | 
Report | Baloy  Hoyos  | 
Referee: Juan Genaro Medrano | 
| September 10, 2011 Round 8 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 1 | Guadalajara | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Peralta  Figueroa Ludueña Rodríguez  | 
Report | Medina  Torres Michel  | 
Referee: Fabricio Morales | 
| September 17, 2011 Round 9 | San Luis | 0 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Alfonso Lastras, San Luis Potosí | 
| 20:45 | Orozco  Moreno  | 
Report | Ludueña  Hoyos Estrada  | 
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pèrez | 
| September 25, 2011 Round 10 | Puebla | 1 – 2 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Cuauhtémoc, Puebla | 
| 12:00 | Pineda  Silva Beasley Riascos Durán  | 
Report | Ludueña  Estrada Quintero Peralta Baloy Sánchez  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores | 
| October 1, 2011 Round 11 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 0 | Cruz Azul | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Peralta  | 
Report | Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| October 8, 2011 Round 12 | Querétaro | 1 – 3 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Corregidora, Querétaro | 
| 17:00 | Martínez  Vázquez  | 
Quintero  Peralta Morales Hoyos Mares  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
| October 15, 2011 Round 13 | Santos Laguna | 3 – 2 | Toluca | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Baloy  Peralta Rodríguez Suárez  | 
Report | Sinha  Gamboa Brizuela Novaretti  | 
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas | 
| October 22, 2011 Round 14 | Estudiantes Tecos | 5 – 2 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Tres de Marzo, Zapopan | 
| 17:00 | Gómez  Luna Lillingston Sambueza  | 
Report | Salinas  Mares Quintero Estrada Hoyos  | 
Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| October 26, 2011 Round 15 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 1 | América | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 21:00 | Quintero  Hoyos Estrada  | 
Report | Montenegro  Jiménez Rodróguez Molina Mosquera Sánchez Rojas Valenzuela  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ayala | 
| October 29, 2011 Round 16 | UANL | 2 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás | 
| 19:00 | Danilinho  Acosta  | 
Report | Suárez  Baloy  | 
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez | 
| November 5, 2011 Round 17 | Santos Laguna | 3 – 0 | Atlas | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Baloy  Hoyos Ludueña Morales Peralta  | 
Report | Rodríguez  Arreola Rojas Pinto  | 
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
Final phase
| November 20, 2011 Quarter-finals | Chiapas | 2 – 2 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutierrez | 
| 16:00 | Razo  J. Martínez Arizala  | 
Report | Baloy  Rodríguez Peralta Suárez Cárdenas Mares  | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano | 
| November 27, 2011 Quarter-finals | Santos Laguna | 2 – 1 | Chiapas | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 17:00 | Peralta  Quintero Ludueña Sánchez  | 
Report | J. Martínez  Rodríguez  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
Santos Laguna advanced 4–3 on aggregate
| November 30, 2011 Semi-finals | Morelia | 2 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Morelos, Morelia | 
| 20:30 | Lozano  Lugo Gastélum  | 
Report | Rodríguez  Peralta Mares  | 
Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| December 3, 2011 Semi-finals | Santos Laguna | 3 – 2 | Morelia | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Rodríguez  Baloy Suárez Hoyos Salinas Figueroa  | 
Report | Gastélum  Huiqui Vilar Sandoval Sepúlveda Ramírez  | 
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
4–4 on aggregate, Santos Laguna advanced due to being the higher seed in the classification phase
| December 8, 2011 Final | Santos Laguna | 0 – 1 | UANL | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:30 | Sánchez  Rodríguez Estrada Morales Baloy  | 
Report | Referee: Paul Delgadillo | 
| December 11, 2011 Final | UANL | 3 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás | 
| 18:00 | Torres Nilo  Lobos Mancilla Mancilla Danilinho Jiménez Pulido  | 
Report | Sánchez  Salinas Peralta Morales Baloy Quintero  | 
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
UANL won 4–1 on aggregate
Goalscorers
| Position | Nation | Name | Goals scored | 
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| 1. | Oribe Peralta | 13 | |
| 2. | Carlos Quintero | 6 | |
| 3. | Cristian Suárez | 5 | |
| 4. | Jorge Iván Estrada | 2 | |
| 4. | Daniel Ludueña | 2 | |
| 4. | Carlos Adrián Morales | 2 | |
| 4. | Juan Pablo Rodríguez | 2 | |
| 8. | Felipe Baloy | 1 | |
| 8. | José María Cárdenas | 1 | |
| 8. | Juan Carlos Enríquez | 1 | |
| 8. | Rafael Figueroa | 1 | |
| 8. | Santiago Hoyos | 1 | |
| 8. | Carlos Ochoa | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 38  | 
Results
Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 
Last updated: 5 November 2011.
Source: Apertura 2010 results
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Transfers
In
| # | Pos | Nat | Player | Age | From | Date | Notes | 
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| FW | Herculez Gomez | 29 | Estudiantes Tecos | December 12, 2011 | [4] | 
Out
| # | Pos | Nat | Player | Age | To | Date | Notes | 
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| 7 | MF | José María Cárdenas | 26 | América | December 16, 2011 | [5] | 
Torneo Clausura
Squad
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Regular season
Win Draw Loss
Clausura 2012 results
| January 7, 2012 Round 1 | Santos Laguna | 0 – 0 | Pachuca | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Rodríguez  Ibáñez  | 
Report | Cejas  Ayoví Rodríguez Vidrio  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Flores | 
| January 14, 2012 Round 2 | Atlante | 1 – 2 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Andrés Quintana Roo, Cancún | 
| 21:00 | Ricón  Mendoza Arroyo  | 
Report | Suarez  Quintero Peralta Salinas Sánchez  | 
Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| January 21, 2012 Round 3 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 0 | Chiapas | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Quintero  Ramírez Galindo  | 
Report | Rey  J. Hernández  | 
Referee: Óscar Macias | 
| January 29, 2012 Round 4 | Tijuana | 1 – 3 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Caliente, Tijuana | 
| 12:00 | Arce  Almazán Sand Gandolfi Riascos Corona  | 
Report | Quintero  Estrada Peralta Suárez Rodríguez  | 
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas | 
| February 4, 2012 Round 5 | Santos Laguna | 2 – 1 | UNAM | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Suárez  Mares Peralta Salinas Quintero  | 
Report | Palacios  Bravo Salinas Velarde Verón  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega | 
| February 10, 2012 Round 6 | Morelia | 3 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Morelos, Morelia | 
| 20:10 | Sabah  Ramírez Lugo  | 
Report | Rodríguez  Aldrete Ibañez  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
| February 19, 2012 Round 7 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 1 | Monterrey | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Sánchez  Galindo  | 
Report | Mier  Pérez  | 
Referee: César Arturo Ramos | 
| February 26, 2012 Round 8 | Guadalajara | 2 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Omnilife, Zapopan | 
| 16:00 | Fabián  Reynoso Araujo Torres  | 
Report | Baloy  Galindo Salinas Gómez  | 
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
| March 3, 2012 Round 9 | Santos Laguna | 5 – 2 | San Luis | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Peralta  Ibañez Rodríguez Gómez  | 
Report | Moreno  Pereyra Aguirre Torres Matellán  | 
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez | 
| March 10, 2012 Round 10 | Santos Laguna | 3 – 1 | Puebla | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Gómez  Suárez Peralta  | 
Report | Luis García  Beasley Cervantes Durán  | 
Referee: Ricardo Arellano | 
| March 16, 2012 Round 11 | Cruz Azul | 0 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Azul, Mexico City | 
| 19:00 | Pinto  | 
Report | Galindo  Quintero Ramírez Ibañez Ochoa Armedáriz  | 
Referee: Miguel Ángel Ortega | 
| March 24, 2012 Round 12 | Santos Laguna | 2 – 0 | Querétaro | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Rodríguez  Baloy Gómez  | 
Report | Martínez  García Arias  | 
Referee: Erim Ramírez | 
| April 1, 2012 Round 13 | Toluca | 1 – 3 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Nemesio Díez, Toluca | 
| 12:00 | Sinha  Ríos Torres D. de la Torre Novaretti  | 
Report | Peralta  Suárez Quintero Olivera  | 
Referee: Jorge Eduardo Gasso | 
| April 7, 2012 Round 14 | Santos Laguna | 1 – 1 | Estudiantes Tecos | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Sánchez  Quintero Baloy Peralta Hoyos  | 
Report | Leaño  Bareiro  | 
Referee: Antony Zanjuampa | 
| April 14, 2012 Round 15 | América | 3 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Azteca, Mexico City | 
| 17:00 | Medina  Bermúdez Benítez Vuoso  | 
Report | Hoyos  Ochoa Crosas  | 
Referee: Jorge Isaac Rojas | 
| April 21, 2012 Round 16 | Santos Laguna | 3 – 0 | UANL | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 19:00 | Salinas  Quintero Rodríguez  | 
Report | Palos  Ayala  | 
Referee: Jorge Antonio Pérez | 
| April 28, 2012 Round 17 | Atlas | 1 – 3 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara | 
| 20:45 | Cufré  Chávez  | 
Report | Peralta  Quintero Hoyos  | 
Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
Final phase
| May 3, 2012 Quarter-finals | Chiapas | 3 – 4 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Victor Manuel Reyna, Tuxtla Gutiérrez | 
| 19:00 | Rey  J. Martínez J. Hernández Rodríguez Cipriano  | 
Report | Ludueña  Baloy Peralta Estrada Quintero  | 
Referee: José Alfredo Peñaloza | 
| May 6, 2012 Quarter-finals | Santos Laguna | 2 – 1 | Chiapas | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 18:00 | Quintero  Peralta  | 
Report | Zamorano  Arizala Fuentes J. Hernández  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
Santos Laguna advanced 6–4 on aggregate
| May 10, 2012 Semi-finals | UANL | 1 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Universitario, San Nicolás | 
| 20:00 | Lobos  | 
Report | Rodríguez  Estrada Salinas  | 
Referee: Francisco Chacón | 
| May 13, 2012 Semi-finals | Santos Laguna | 2 – 2 | UANL | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:00 | Baloy  Quintero Peralta  | 
Report | Mancilla  Juninho Dueñas  | 
Referee: Marco Antonio Rodríguez | 
Santos Laguna advanced 3–3 on aggregate due to being the higher seed in the classification phase
| May 17, 2012 Final | Monterrey | 1 – 1 | Santos Laguna | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 21:00 | Suazo  | 
Report | Quintero  Ludueña Baloy Crosas Peralta Estrada Sánchez  | 
Referee: Mauricio Morales | 
| May 20, 2012 Final | Santos Laguna | 2 – 1 | Monterrey | Estadio TSM Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:00 | Ludueña  Peralta Quintero  | 
Report | de Nigris  Suazo  | 
Referee: Roberto García Orozco | 
Santos Laguna won 3–2 on aggregate
Santos Laguna won their fourth league title in history
Goalscorers
Regular season
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Final phase
 
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Results summary
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | 
| 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 36 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 
Last updated: 28 April 2012.
Source: Clausura 2012 results
Results by round
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
CONCACAF Champions League
Preliminary round
| July 27, 2011 1 |  Santos Laguna  | 3 – 1 |   | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 22:00 | Peralta  Rodríguez Quintero  | 
Report | Bekeles  | 
Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)  | 
| August 3, 2011 2 |  Olimpia  | 2 – 1 |   | Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa | 
| 22:00 | Rojas  Bekeles  | 
Report | Suárez  | 
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States) | 
Santos Laguna won 4–3 on aggregate.
Group standings
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | 
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| 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | +10 | 13 | |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 9 | |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 5 | 
Group Stage results
| August 16, 2011 Group 1 |  Santos Laguna  | 3 – 2 |   | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:00 | Enríquez  Bica Suárez  | 
Report | Delgado  Lalín  | 
Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Wálter Quesada (Costa Rica)  | 
| August 24, 2011 Group 2 |  Isidro Metapán  | 2 – 0 |   | Estadio Jorge Calero Suárez, Metapán | 
| 22:00 | Suárez  Bautista  | 
Report | Attendance: 3,260 Referee: Raymond Bogle (Jamaica)  | 
| September 13, 2011 Group 3 |  Colorado Rapids  | 1 – 4 |   | Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City | 
| 22:00 | Mullan  | 
Report | Ludueña  Peralta Quintero Suárez  | 
Attendance: 9,760 Referee: Roberto Moreno (Panama)  | 
| September 22, 2011 Group 4 |  Santos Laguna  | 6 – 0 |   | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:00 | Cárdenas  Quintero Peralta Ochoa  | 
Report | Attendance: 5,500 Referee: David Gantar (Canada)  | 
| September 28, 2011 Group 5 |  Real España  | 1 – 1 |   | Estadio Francisco Morazán, San Pedro Sula | 
| 20:00 | Mario Martínez  | 
Report | Ochoa  | 
Attendance: 6,296 Referee: Elmar Rodas (Guatemala)  | 
| October 19, 2011 Group 6 |  Santos Laguna  | 2 – 0 |   | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:00 | Galindo  Escoboza  | 
Report | Referee: Courtney Campbell (Jamaica) | 
Quarter-finals
| March 7, 2012 Quarter-final |  Seattle Sounders  | 2 – 1 |   | CenturyLink Field, Seattle | 
| 22:00 | Estrada  Hurtado González Evans  | 
Report | Rodríguez  Mares Gomez Sánchez Hoyos  | 
Attendance: 23,433 | 
| March 14, 2012 Quarter-final |  Santos Laguna  | 6 – 1 |   | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:00 | Suárez  Peralta Gomez Ochoa  | 
Report | Fernández  | 
Attendance: 14,278 Referee: Joel Aguilar (El Salvador)  | 
Santos Laguna won 7–3 on aggregate.
Semifinals
| March 28, 2012 Semifinal |  Toronto FC  | 1 – 1 |   | BMO Field, Toronto | 
| 20:00 | Report | 
| April 4, 2012 Semifinal |  Santos Laguna  | 6 – 2 |   | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 20:00 | Report | 
Final
| April 25, 2012 Final |  Monterrey  | 2 – 0 |   | Estadio Tecnológico, Monterrey | 
| 22:00 | Suazo  | 
Report | Attendance: 29,300 Referee: Francisco Chacón (Mexico)  | 
| April 18, 2012 Final |  Santos Laguna  | 2 – 1 |   | Estadio Corona, Torreón | 
| 22:00 | Ludueña  Peralta  | 
Report | Cardozo  | 
Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Roberto García (Mexico)  | 
Monterrey won 3–2 on aggregate
Goalscorers
| Position | Nation | Name | Goals scored | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Oribe Peralta | 7 | |
| 2. | Herculez Gomez | 6 | |
| 3. | Cristian Suárez | 5 | |
| 4. | Carlos Quintero | 4 | |
| 5. | Daniel Ludueña | 3 | |
| 5. | Carlos Ochoa | 3 | |
| 5. | Juan Pablo Rodríguez | 3 | |
| 8. | José María Cárdenas | 1 | |
| 8. | Juan Carlos Enríquez | 1 | |
| 8. | Alonso Escoboza | 1 | |
| 8. | Aarón Galindo | 1 | |
| 8. | Own Goals | 1 | |
| TOTAL | 33  | 
Notes
- ↑ Moved from August 3, 2011 due to a 2011–12 CONCACAF Champions League preliminary match by Santos Laguna
 - ↑ Teams played the last 50 minutes of the match that was abandoned due to a shooting outside the stadium on August 20, 2011
 - ↑ Match was abandoned with the score 0–0
 - ↑ Match was originally played at 19:00 local time
 
References
- ↑ "Detonaciones detienen partido en Torreón". Medio Tiempo.com. Archived from the original on 7 November 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
 - ↑ "Santos Laguna stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
 - ↑ "League Table". Medio Tiempo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
 - ↑ Hérculez Gómez es el primer refuerzo de los Subcampeones Santos. MedioTiempo.
 - ↑ José María Cárdenas llega al Nido de Coapa. MedioTiempo.
 - ↑ "Santos Laguna stats". ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
 - ↑ "League Table". Medio Tiempo. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
 - ↑ "Goalscoring stats". CONCACAF. Retrieved 23 July 2011.